Cedar Woman (88 page)

Stand
i
ng
at
5
’
11
”
,
wi
t
h
l
o
n
g
,
blu
e
-bla
c
k
hair,
So
nny
was
a
striki
n
g

fig
u
re
in
a
white
c
o
tton
sh
i
rt,
t
u
rqu
o
ise b
o
lo
tie
and
j
e
a
n
s.
Polis
h
e
d
Wester
n
b
o
o
t
s
an
d
a
b
lac
k
cattl
e
m
an
c
o
wb
oy
h
at
ca
u
s
e
d
ma
n
y
a
y
o
ung
wo
m
an
pres
en
t
to
catch h
e
r
breath
i
n
aw
e.
His
deep,
brown
eyes s
p
ar
k
l
ed
wi
t
h
hu
m
o
r
and
i
n
telli
g
e
n
ce
as
h
e
d
eftly
h
e
l
d
t
h
e
crowd
with
h
i
s deep,
res
o
n
a
nt
vo
i
ce.

“
For
th
o
se
of y
o
u
h
e
re who
are
n
o
t NdN,
I will
ex
p
l
ain
w
h
at
is ha
p
p
e
n
i
n
g he
r
e
t
o
da
y
,”
So
n
n
y
cont
i
nu
e
d, h
i
s
v
o
ice
m
elodic,
his
m
ann
e
r regal.

“
Since
t
h
e
fir
s
t
m
e
m
o
ries,
it
has
a
l
ways
b
e
en
s
u
c
h
:
if
a
lov
e
d
one

was
l
o
st
t
h
r
ou
g
h dea
t
h,
o
r
m
oved
a
wa
y
, it
was not
u
n
c
o
m
m
on
f
o
r
a
n indiv
i
dual,
or
a
fa
m
i
l
y
,
to
ad
opt
so
m
eone
t
o
fill
the
e
m
pty
place
left
by

t
h
e
d
e
part
e
d
f
a
m
ily
m
e
m
b
e
r
.
Si
m
i
larl
y
,
if
a
per
so
n
had
no
sibli
n
gs,
or fa
m
i
l
y
m
e
m
b
ers,
t
h
e
s
it
u
a
t
i
o
n
c
o
u
l
d be
re
m
ed
i
ed
t
h
ro
u
g
h
t
h
e
sa
m
e means.

“
The
M
ak
in
g of
R
e
l
a
ti
v
es
C
ere
m
on
y
,
or
H
u
n
k
a
p
i
,
was
c
e
l
ebrated last
n
ig
h
t, a
n
d
is a rite n
o
t e
n
t
ered i
n
to li
gh
t
l
y a
n
d
m
ea
n
t to
last for life.

“
Today
we
w
i
tness
the
cel
eb
rat
i
on
o
f
t
h
e
a
d
o
p
ti
o
n
of
a
d
au
g
hte
r
, and
s
h
e
is
here
today
t
o
sh
ow
her t
h
a
nks
to
h
er new fa
m
il
y
.”

The
c
r
ow
d
s
u
r
r
ou
nd
i
ng
t
h
e
s
h
ow
g
r
o
un
d
ap
pla
u
de
d
,
a
n
d watch
e
d
as the
for
m
ed
group
b
e
gan
t
o
proceed
ar
o
und the ar
e
n
a in ti
m
e to the beat
of

t
h
e powwow dr
u
m
, V
i
c
k
i and Re
v
a
i
n
t
h
e lea
d
.

In
s
l
ow
pr
oc
e
ss
i
o
n
,
t
h
ey p
r
o
g
ress
e
d.
V
ic
k
i
he
l
d
a
s
t
r
a
w
h
at
i
n
to wh
ic
h
th
ose
w
i
sh
in
g
t
o
c
o
n
g
r
a
t
u
l
a
t
e he
r
,
d
ro
pp
e
d
m
one
y
.

“
C
o
n
gra
t
u
l
at
io
ns,”
t
h
ey sa
id
. V
i
c
k
i
re
p
lie
d
,
“
W
o
p
ila,”
i
n
ret
u
r
n
. Around
the
ar
ena,
they
dan
c
ed
t
w
o
,
three,
t
h
en
fo
u
r
times.
T
h
e

Drum ceased
and
Vicki
wa
l
k
ed
to
the
group
of
m
en
su
rround
i
ng
it, o
f
fer
i
ng
t
h
em
the
c
o
llected
m
oney
with
h
e
r
left
h
a
n
d
,
t
h
e
h
and
closest
t
o